The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-27
'ENTS AND COMMENTS

fENTs AND COMMENTS.
'BEEKDEET CLEVELAND is an anomaly
Re enough. 1t is now given out that
is popular even with his mother-in-
Y.
CHINA Is out with her census bluff
bin, claiming 4i8,OOO,0O0 people. If
) wants to swell it a bit she can have
j Chinese that are over here.
EUROPE SPENDS annually on armies
1867 500 600, and the aggregate of ma
lnal war debts i $24, 113 ,OJ1 ,655, on
iich the annual interest is 81, 600, 0OO,-
}.
MINNEAPOLIS PEOPLE have united in
endeRvor to secure the Republican
.tional convention, and doc" Ames'
animation on the Democrat ticket for
ce-President.
THREE DISTINGUISHED American citi-
Ms, Sullivan, Blaine and Buffalo Bill,
nov rivals for European honors. At
st accounts the Hon. William F, Cody
as little ahead.
GOVERNOR FORAKER will stump the
,uthern States next fall for the Repub-
.aH nominee for President. BE will
ave the bloody shirt in the heart of
e enemy's camp.
IT IS said that Roscos Conkling is be-
Pming once more politically ambitious.
he part which he played is assisting in
le defeat of James G. Blaine in 1884
! i'll not help him should he again seek
official honors.
IT APPEARS now that Jefferson Davis,
stead of Grover Cleveland, was the
1thor of the remark: Public Office is
public trust" We hope there may be
D Unseemly dispute regarding this
natter. As though it made any great
Inference which Democratic President
ttered the remark!
president CLEVELAND, Dear Sjr-We
lclose herewith one blank sheet of
ommercial note paper, on which you
an write all you need to say in your
nnual message TO Congress. Write
My on one side of the paper and be
areful to spell the improper names.
1ch as German, Higgins, Fellows, ETC.,
istnctly.-Springfeld Union.
IKE Call admits that President CIeve-
and with New York can carry 1879 cleo
0ral votes, but there will be twelve
hort, and lit is exceedingly difficult to
now how they will be found"
Not at all. Connecticut has six and
lew Jersey nine votes. That leaves a
largin and those States very seldom
disagree with New York.
THE LAsEsT returns from New York
i've Secretary of State Frederick Cook
plurality of 10000 over Colonel Fred
rant. The rest of the Democratic
tate ticket will follow with pluralities
ally as large. The Labor vote through
be State will reach about 10000 and the
rohibition vote will nearly touch 3d.
20, an increase of 5000 over that of
Ist year.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN has sngrily
aid farewell to his own, his native
md, and gone to Nova Scotia, in search
f a place that has not changed since
be battle of Bunker Hill was fought.
his doubtful compliment to Nova
Gotta will not increase the warmth of
is welcome, though nothing could en-
ance the pleasure csused by bis de-
arturo.
THERE Is hearty sympathy in America
nth the German Emperor and Crown
'rince in their dangerous physical all
lents. They are sensible, honest,
men, with a firm hold
pom the affections of the German peo-
lie. While they live, they will be OBJ
tacles III the way of general European
Iar. 6elfshness and affection may
mite in the prayer for longer lease of
fe to both of them. &
THE HUMBLE and lsmbllke mugwumps
re licking the hand of the President
-ho has chastised them. They are still
Terrifying Mr.. Cleveland. For the first
me in their history, these pestiferous
oliticians have found master. They
re illustrating the bitter bitten, and.
fter their nature, they faWn on the
and that has smitten them. Cleve-
md has turned out TO be bully enough
, bully the mugWumps.-New York